Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-11-15


water-wheels, of POO horse power each. Hon
). H. Manley is the president of this com
pany The other extensive building about Il
De erected here was noted in the first part oil
this article.
East of the end of the dam are the ex
tensive works owned and run by H. II
Harvey. Mr.. Harvey manufactures granite
and slate tools of every description and here
employs 2s men. His productions are known
all over the country for their superior
quality. The II. II. Harvey White-Granit.
company have an excellent granite Quarry
west OF the river. They have steam drill
IN use and employ several hands
The broom-handle factory owned and run
by o. S. Smiley employs ~ hands in running
the latest-improyed machinery by which are
| turned out about 100, 900 of broom and variou.
other kinds of handles monthly. Quite a
large portion of his products are exported to
Great Britain. He has now about COO, 0od
feet of stock in hand, which is piled in his
yards. A. l.. Tompkins is manager at the
factory Near by is the carriage factory
owned by J. A. Mitchell, which has been
running since 1863 and employs some 6 to 5
men. In the same vicinity is the grist-mill
run by Fl. ID. Brown & Co, and the coffin,
casket and job shop run by J. 4. Jones.
South of the bridge and bordering the river
are the handsome grounds and buildings OWN
ed by the United States government consti-
tuting the Arsenal property. The broad and
beautiful highla III beyond is occupied by the
extensive insane Asylum buildings and the
very productive 40O-acre farm which is also
the property of the State. Augusta, Halo
well and long stretch of the kennebec
river witha large surrounding region of coun-
in fnII x-fa mi
probably no more delightful and picturesque
location could be found within the entire
State for this noble institution There are
now 800 patients under treatment and the
number of officers and employees is $50. An
excellent brass band is made up from those
employed here, and frequent outdoor con-
certs are the rule. The employees also fur
nish an excellent choir of singers whose
trained voices often delight the inmates of
the asylum. The building improvements
here this year will amount to S25 900 and the
general Improvements $1,000. The expense
for improved heating apparatus will amount
to $1,000. Thirteen acres are devoted to
gardening, fruit growing and the orchard a
new greenhouse, l00x22, was completed last
year, and this together with the fruit-growing
and gardening operations of the
farm is under the excellent man
agement of w. II. Allen formerly of
Bangor. The annual hay crop of the farm
is about 200 tons and the other crops are in
corresponding proportions.
The Augusta Wrench Company own all
the numerous patents which have been
secured on the American" wrench and have
recently got out new and perfected patterns
from which they will soon re-commence
manufacturing. r. w. Black is the presi-
dent and r. w. Soule secretary.
X. l.. Fox has granite and monumental
works on the east side and is building up a
good business. He has lately filled an order
for a 800 monument to go To Gardiner.
The Augusta Steam Laundry on the east
side, and another in State street on the
west side, employ seven hands each.
|. II. Cunningham Son, extensive dealers
in hides, skins, woods, pelts, hay, salt, lime,
etc, have recently established a lumber
yard at the north end. +. o. Conner estab-
lished the business of dealing in metal and
paper stock here last fall He occupies two
floors on Water street. X, w. SOule, the
well-known commission merchant on Water
street, expects to ship 1000 barrels of Maine
apples TO England before next spring.
The present extent and steady expansion
of the publishing business in Augusta adds
very materially to the growth and prosperity
of the citv f. G. Allen & Co., have two
large and elegant publishing houses on Water
street where they run sixteen fast presses
and use up about 100 tons of paper each
month The combined circulation of their
monthly periodicals in October just past
amounted to 500, 300 copies. The average
monthly circulation during the past ten
months was 359 900. They publish quite
large variety of books among which is
bible containing both the old and new versions
in full One edition of this bible now being
printed will consume 81 tons of paper.
Together with their branch house in Port
land employment is constantly furnished for
22J hands. Their yearly disbursements
amount to $500, 900. of which 81 per cent. is
distributed in this State. Nickery & Hill
have another publishing house on the
corner of Court and Chapel streets.
They publish the Freside Visitor, Happy
Hours and the Farm and Hearth They en-
ploy ninety hands and consume "a tons of
paper monthly. This firm contemplate en-
larging their buildings and thereby their bus
mess facilities in the near future. BY judi
cious systems of advertising, most of the
publications of these enterprising firms have
become household words, and are read in all
parts of the world where the English Ian
guage is spoken.
Chas +. Nash has another handsome pub
fishing house on Oak street. He publishes
the Maine Farmers Almanac. His edition
for 1883, Just issued, is 10000. 4 History
of Methodism" has just been issued from his
press. and he will soon have out Volume -
of the Maine Reports. He employs ten hands.
The Kennebec journal, daily and weekly,
Maine Farmer, Gospel Banner and New Age,
are all published here and have a large and
growing circulation.
The Kennebec Journal is 63 years old and
its daily has been recently enlarged to cor
respond with the growth of the city and the
kennebec valley. The Maine Farmer is Sc
years old and throughout its history has
shown constant improvement corresponding
with its age. Its leading proprietor in its
early history. and who built it up to become
Il power among the agriculturists of the State,
Russell Eaton, is still living and enjoying a
fair measure of health at the age of SO years,
His garden, fruit grounds and orchard still
show the same care that he was wont to be-
stow on them in his younger days. The
Gospel Banner is an able exponent of the
doctrines of Universalism, and the New Age
is a vigorous defender of the democratic
faith \ new monthly publication named
the Maine Poultry Yard was first issued here
Sept. |. 1887. The editor and proprietor is
John H. Fuller. Mr.. Fuller is practical
fowl breeder and subscribers to his journal
are rapidly coming in.
There are only six cities in the United
States where more second-class mail matter
is handled than in Augusta From the post
Office here there are 900 sacks, each
sack containing four bushels of second,
third and fourth class mail. sent abroad
weekly The business done at the office re-
quires 25 employees. The new government
building now being built here will be an
elegant and commodious structure, work on
which will be resumed in the spring.
Augusta is favorably known for its excel
lent hotels. The Augusta House has very
picturesque location on State street, north of
the State House. Charles Milliken is the
proprietor 1t has 10 sleeping rooms and
the summer tourists are giving it an increas-
ing patronage. Mr.. Milliken keeps seven
full-blood Jersey cows and several valuable
horses and colts at his stables. The Central
House. located on the same street and near
hv. has recently been thoroughly repaired
throughout and refuruished. 1t has fine
t...;,,, nj contains txppfy slppDiup rooms